ABCANDXYZ 



OF BEE CULTURE 



ByA.I.^E.R.ROOT f 



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The Christmas mail brought me what is probably as 

 useful and beautiful a Christmas present as I ever 

 received — a morocco-bound copy of the new edition of 

 the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture. Bee books and 

 journals have come to my desk of which it seemed as 

 though the least said the better. Not so with this book. 

 On the contrary, it seems as though words were lacking 

 to do it justice. There are many other bee-books, each 

 filling its niche, but, in all the world, there is nothing 

 so comprehensive as the ABC and X Y Z of Bee Cul- 

 ture. There is no point in the wide domain of apicul- 

 ture that is not touched upon in this volume, and the in- 

 formation is the very latest and most authentic, well 

 written and well illustrated. The amateur and the ex- 

 pert are both served equally well. — W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son, editor and proprietor of the Bee-Keepers' Review, 

 and author of Advanced Bee Culture. 



No bee-keeper's library can be at all complete with- 

 out a copy of this magnificent apiarian work. It has 

 reached a sale of over 100,000 copies already, being the 

 most largely sold book on bees in the world. Better 

 send to us for a copy to read during the long winter eve- 

 nings. — American Bee Journal, 



This work of 536 pages is, as its name implies, a 

 complete cyclopsdia of everything pertaining to bees 

 and bee-keeping. It was originally compiled by A. I. 

 Root, who in the 1877 preface, after stating his indebt- 

 edness to Langstroth, Quinby, and others, says that 

 "A great part of this ABC book is really the work of 

 the people, and the task that devolves on me is to col- 

 lect, condense, verify, and utilize what has been scatter 

 ed through thousands of letters for years past." Since 

 the first copy of this work appeared, now thirty-one 

 years ago, it has undergone many revisions, and has had 

 many additions, both of letterpress and illustrations, 

 while the rapid advancement in bee culture has made it 

 necessary in many cases to remove whole articles and 

 rewrite them entirely. The revision has been ably 

 carried out by E. R. Root, the present editor of Glean- 

 ings, who has had the assistance of a number of well- 

 known and able men. In the preface the names of the 

 writers of the different articles are given. For instance, 

 we find Dr. C. C. Miller writes on honey-comb and 

 out-apiaries; Dr. E F. Phillips on the eye, partheno- 

 genesis, and scent of bees; E. R. and H. H. Root on wax 

 and wintering, both of these having carried out a num- 

 ber of experiments on these subjects. There are also 

 articles by W. K. Morrison and Mrs. Comstock. It 

 seems almost superfluous to say any thing about a book 

 of which already 100,000 copies have been sold; the 

 simple fact speaks for itself that it fills a want, and is 

 an attestation of its worth. Among the articles that 

 have been revised we find the new methods of queen- 

 rearing described, so that the practical bee-keeper will 

 have the latest and best ideas on the subject before him 

 for reference. The new methods of wax-production are 

 treated in an exhaustive manner; and as this subject is 

 of more importance than formerly, greater space has 

 been devoted to it. We have nothing but good words 

 for this work, and recommend our readers to get a copy 

 of the 1908 edition. The work is profusely illustrated 

 and beautifully printed, and is a credit to the publish- 

 ers. — By T. W. Cowan, Esq., editor of the British Bee 

 Journal. Mr. Cowan is the author of two lirst-class 

 books on bees and bee-keeping, "The Bee-keeper's 

 Guide" and "The Honey-bee." 



